Generates a processing instruction in the output.
Syntax
<xsl:pi
name="pi-name" >
</xsl:pi>
Attributes
name
Name of the processing instruction.
Element Information
Number of occurrences | Unlimited |
Parent elements | xsl:copy, xsl:element, xsl:for-each, xsl:if, xsl:otherwise, xsl:template, xsl:when, output elements |
Child elements | xsl:apply-templates, xsl:choose, xsl:copy, xsl:eval, xsl:for-each, xsl:if, xsl:value-of |
Requires closing tag | Yes. XSL is an XML grammar and, like all XML grammars, all tags must have closing tags to satisfy the definition of well-formed. |
Remarks
The xsl:pi element generates a processing instruction (PI) in the output. The name is indicated by the name attribute. The content of the element provides the rest of the PI.
Example
This example shows a template that generates the XML declaration and a style sheet processing instruction in the output.
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:pi name="xml">version='1.0' standalone='yes'</xsl:pi>
<xsl:pi name="xml-stylesheet">type="text/xsl" href="style.xsl"</xsl:pi>
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:template>
See Also